The RCC would like to apologize if it mistook Cyber declarations to mean that they made a demand. WE based this on Messages from them. (ie:"This gives me serious heartburn.
I rescued both of you from a war Thermolia started. I recieved nothing for it. You recieved all of Dei-Os territory. Give Thermolia your native systems. Give Cyber, Eysk, and Trooper the Dei-O systems. I will not tolerate Thermolia recieving such resources. Not after this message from them: Message from the Thermolian Expanse:
"We offer this gift with the hope that you will bend over and grab them ankles.")
So...our bad. WE apologize. WE DID jump to conclusions. However, we stand by our beleif that a request emerged where before there was not one. And the Cyber have said as much in seperate emails.
Now, to the issue at hand: it was NEVER our intention to unbalance the political or strategic situation at hand. The RCC always strove to be a voice for moderation and peace amongst a battle weary quadrant. The RCC government had perceived a need to retire, and viewed the merger with Thermolia as the best option to maintain the strategic and political balance as well as be true to cultural and historical events and trends. WE based this on arguments we have already made.
Clearly, there is some concern over this. (Clearly!
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WE are HIGHLY distressed that such concern would have reached such a fever pitch that paranormal concerns (ie: out-of-game OOC concerns) would have been voiced.
Certainly, we admit that we perhaps should have done things differently in order to avoid such troubles. Perhaps we should have put the issue of the retirement of the RCC government to a public discussion...we did not, for we didn't really feel that this would maintain the strategic and political balance that existed.
WE still feel that the fate of the RCC should be determined by the RCC...and that if we allow it to be carved up by various powers, then we, as the RCC government, would be remiss in our duties to our people.
Furthermore, we do not agree that the Cybers, and Citizen collective and others "...saved your butt and the Themolians butt from the Dei-O you both started." Indeed, we didn't start the war, the Dei-O and those other fellas did. True, we didn;t do so well, and thermolia got hurt bad, but that does not seem to logically justify the fate of the RCC citizens being left up to others.
Finally, we also realize that much of the concern may be derived from the differnet political attitudes of the RCC and Thermolians. The RCC has always prided itself and tried to attain the role of moderator and voice for peaceful resolution of conflicts as well as a steadfast ally. We cannot speak for the Thermolians, but, obviously, some do not feel that they would be the same voice of moderation. Some may even fear the concentration of power that the RCC merger with them might result in. There concerns are well noted by us.
AS of yet....we have NO answers to these problems. So we will think about them. For a bit. And we welcome public comment.
OOC: Ok, I am REALLY bummed that my attempt to cut down my invovlement in the 101 game has resulted in soem bad feelings and out-of-game concerns. This was not my intention, and I accept full blame - I clearly didn;t plan as well as I should have. I truly thought this would all be a non-issue. My first and foremost concern is to fix all ill feelings that are out-of-game. How can I do that? Should I stay in the game as RCC? What? Ideas? I have put the game on very temporay hold until I think through this without beer in me.
Thanks,
Alarik
ALSO: I just noticed that Thermodyne is listed as being from "DC Burbs USA." That's funny. I too am listed as living in DC I think, but I actually moved from there to Norfolk almost a year ago now. In any case, this is a non-issue. Don't know the fella. And, even if I did, I'd think he was probably wacko. I mean, who is gonna be named "thermodyne"? after all? But seriosuly folks, I don;t know anyone here that would allow RL relationships to stand in the way of their gameplay. I would not. I am not going to revisit this issue again, since if I do I'll probably get all "self righteous" and insulted and the result would only be escalatory. Besides, I've had a few beers right now and I'm looking forward to doing a few SEIV turns and relaxing with this cool game...